Lisa Kudrow Didn't Appreciate Her Son's Reaction To Watching Friends

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Friends star Lisa Kudrow jokingly explains why she didn’t like her son’s reaction to the show. Although it went off the air in 2004, after ten seasons, Friends has remained a huge part of pop culture. The sitcom about six New Yorkers finding love and figuring their lives out has enjoyed a second wind, not only thanks to syndication but also because of its availability on streaming services. As evidenced by HBO Max’s recent reunion special, which brought back Kudrow along with other Friends alums Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer, generations of new fans are discovering the seminal series and identifying with different parts of it.

For many of those new viewers, it’s those classic Friends episodes that helped to make the comedy such a hit. For others, it was the relationships between their characters and their romantic entanglements that give the show its heart. And for a few, the questions about whether Ross and Rachel were actually on a break that is worth revisiting and debating anew. The cast of Friends has experienced this themselves, as many recurring actors and special guests have revealed that they're best known for their time on the sitcom — even if it was relatively brief.

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Appearing in an interview on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Kudrow revealed that her son had finally watched the first few episodes of Friends while he was sick with COVID. The actress, who of course played Phoebe Buffay, recalled that she nearly cried because she didn’t think anyone in her family liked the series. But, as she started asking more questions of her 24-year-old son, Julian Murray Stern, she was less than